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30 October 2013
Dr Shakeel Bhatti Secretary of the International Treaty
Joint briefing for Second Committee mandated by UNGA resolution 67/212
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
for Food and Agriculture
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Overview 1. Relationship with the CBD 2. ITPGRFA’s Core ABS Systems 3. Ongoing Collaboration & Framework
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Relationship with the CBD
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Relationship with the CBD
The Treaty was adopted by the FAO Conference on 3 November 2001 and entered into force on 29 June 2004 The Request for cooperation with the CBD is in the text of the Treaty; The Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing of the Treaty started to Operate in January 2007 accumulating experience with hundreds of daily operations; The main infrastructure of the operation of the ABS system of the Treaty required legal and informatics arrangements; The Treaty has since then accumulated lessons learnt and has been a model for other international instruments and it has provided inputs during the negotiation of the Nagoya protocol;
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What are the Treaty’s objectives? Article 1
• The conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
• The fair and equitable sharing of benefits derived from their use, in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, for sustainable agriculture and food security
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The scope of the Treaty is all plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
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ITPGRFA’s Core ABS Systems
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Article 5: Conservation, Exploration, Collection, Characterization, Evaluation and Documentation
Each Contracting party shall … , in cooperation with other Contracting Parties …, promote an integrated approach to the exploration, conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
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Article 6: Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources
The Contracting parties shall develop and maintain appropriate policy and legal measures that promote the sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
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Article 9: Farmers’ Rights
• Recognition of the enormous contribution that farmers and their communities have made and continue to make to the conservation and development of plant genetic resources.
• Farmers’ Rights include the protection of traditional knowledge and the right to participate equitably in benefit-sharing and in national decision-making about plant genetic resources.
• Governments are responsible for realizing these rights.
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Multilateral System
P1
R1
R2
SMTA2
SMTA1
SMTA3
On-farm
conservation
information
exchange &
tech.transfer
sustainable
use
1,1% of net sales
Priorities
Criteria
Operational Procedures
Private
Sector Voluntary
contributions
(eg, NW, IT)
Benefit-sharing fund
CP
Int’l org Natural and
legal person
Others
Others International Treaty Main Operational Systems & Mechanisms
priority:
farmers in developing countries
who conserve and sustainably
utilize PGRFA
100,000+ transfers 07
600+ transfer/day
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MLS: Daily Transfers of PGRFA
• 1.5 million documented samples in the System, from CGIAR alone
• 600 – 800 documented transfers every day
• information technology tools for managing System operations
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More than Museums
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Dispute Resolution System
Dispute resolution system is now in place: • The Third Party Beneficiary
Procedures have been completed
• Rules for mediation of a dispute in relation to a standard material transfer agreement
• Administrator of the Mediation Rules has accepted
• The TPB Operational Reserve has been established
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The Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund: •Supports projects aimed at smallholder farmers in developing countries who conserve and sustainably use plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. •Priorities of the Benefit-sharing Fund:
í sustainable use; í on farm management and conservation; í information exchange, technology transfer and
capacity building. •First set of projects were approved by the Governing Body of the Treaty at its Third Session (Tunisia, 2009).
The Benefit-sharing Fund
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2010 – Second Call
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The Second 2nd High-Level Round Table
• At the UN Rio+20 Summit on 21 June • organized under the patronship of the High Level
Task Force of the Benefit-sharing Fund • Co-organised by Brazil, Norway and Italy; • Launched CBD-ITPGRFA Joint Intitiative • Focus of the discussion
– interaction between economy, biodiversity and food security;
– To showcase the Treaty and its Benefit-sharing Fund; – Facilitate the high-level discussion on the potential
monetary and non-monetary benefits.
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FROM RIO+20 - TREATY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PLATFORM
PILOT 2013 - SOYBEAN TT PARTNERSHIPS SOUTH-SOUTH TT OR TRIPARTITE SUPPORT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
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Ongoing collaboration and collaborative framework
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Implementation and Cooperation with the CBD
In adopting the Nagoya Protocol, the Conference of Parties, inter alia, recognized: • the International Treaty as one of the
complementary instruments that constitute the International Regime;
• that the objectives of the International Treaty are the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their use, in harmony with the CBD, for sustainable agriculture and food security.
COP Decision X/1, Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization.
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Cooperation with the CBD
• The Governing Body of the International Treaty has repeatedly emphasized the necessity for close cooperation and coordination between the two bodies, underlining the need to promote coherence and mutual supportiveness between the two bodies
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Cooperation with CBD, Resolution 8/2011
R8/2011, Part I, the Governing Body: – Congratulates the COP on the adoption of the
Nagoya Protocol; – Appeals to Contracting Parties to sign and ratify; – Takes note of the Memorandum of Cooperation; – Requests the Secretary to explore with the SCBD on,
practical means and activities to give effect to this cooperation;
– Requests the Secretary to strengthen collaboration with the SCBD;
– Calls on Contracting Parties to ensure mutual supportiveness in the implementation of the Treaty and the Nagoya protocol.
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Cooperation with CBD
Memorandum of Cooperation: 1. Institutional cooperation -Capacity Building Workshops and
other events -Coordination of technical assistance 2. Exchange of information 3. Reporting and further guidance
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Key Policy Challenges ¾ The concept of the international ABS regime is
broader than the Nagoya Protocol or the Treaty individually;
¾ Recognizing the complementarity of the mandates & the links between the respective agreements;
¾ Establishing a common understanding of concepts and sectoral dynamics;
¾ Operational issues: ¾ Mutually supportive implementation (national level); ¾ Coordination (both horizontal and vertical); ¾ Reporting (within and between the two processes);
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Cooperation with CBD, Joint Activities 1/2
- A series of joint Capacity Building Workshops on access and benefit-sharing for the harmonious national implementation
- To contribute to the identification of the capacity-building needs and priorities of Parties in the implementation of their obligations under the Nagoya Protocol
- Organized June and October 2011 - New Delhi, India, 7- 8 April 2012
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Cooperation with CBD, Joint Activities 2/2
- CBD Secretariat:
• Expert inputs into several Working Groups and Technical Expert Groups
• Collaboration with SCBD and capacity building providers on harmonious implementation of CBD and ITPGRFA
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• Maintain cooperation; • Entry into force of the NP; • CPs to ensure legal administrative and policy measures are supportive; • Focal points to enhance collaboration; • Welcomed IPBES: • Expand collaboration on on-farm and in-situ conservation and sust.
use and on the SPB 2011 - 2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets; • Welcomed the modus operandi of the BLG; • Secretariats to facilitate interactions and mutual supportiveness and
harmonious implementation through workshops and other events • Future further reporting on cooperation
Resolution 5/2013
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Thank you! Please contact us:
International Treaty Secretariat at FAO, Building B, 6th floor
Tel.: 06-570-56343 E-mail: [email protected]
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